Gigapans

The southernmost part of the abandoned Balya Pb-Zn-sulfide mining site is characterized by deposits of tailings that have partly been excavated and recycled. The area could be cleaned and used for construction of a new disposal site for mining waste.

Aerial panorama of the One Mile Lake area, downstream of the Thermalito Afterbay Outlet on the Lower Feather River. Much of this area is gold mining tailings which have been extensively mined for gravel, and in the 1960s, for material to build the Oroville Dam, about 10 miles upstream.

This is a 360 degree view of the main tailings deposition area at the former antimony processing site at Urunga.
The green/gray sandy material is the tailings. It contains up to 40,000 ppm antimony and 15,000 ppm mercury.
Note the fence poles that have been buried by the tailings. This is the boundary with the Cr...